i915 dual head woes

[Richard Lynch]

On Sun, April 27, 2008 8:12 pm, Jin, Gordon wrote:
> Richard Lynch wrote on Monday, April 28, 2008 9:06 AM:
>> On Sun, April 27, 2008 4:56 am, Jin, Gordon wrote:
>>> Richard Lynch wrote on Saturday, April 26, 2008 10:32 AM:
>>>> Gear:
>>>> Sony VGN TXN 17P laptop
>>>> HP L1940T external LCD/CRT
>>>>
>>>> Back story:
>>>> http://www.phpbootcamp.com/articles/vgn_txn17p.htm
>>>> (rather long, I'm afraid...)
>>>>
>>>> So I finally managed to get the latest kernel (for gentoo at
>>>> least)
>>>> and latest xorg emerged and the i915 driver finally installed...
>>>>
>>>> It's WORSE!
>>>>
>>>> Before, I had a working setup for just the LFP.
>>>> And a working setup that would drive the external monitor, but
>>>> send
>>>> the LFP into black screen of death hibernation, which NOTHING
>>>> would
>>>> wake up.
>>>>
>>>> So if I ever wanted to quit Xorg, I'd have to cold-power-off the
>>>> laptop. :-(
>>>>
>>>> Using the same .conf I now get...
>>>> Nothing.
>>>> The external monitor is kind enough to inform me via the built-in
>>>> on-screen-display that something is trying to run it at 640x480 @
>>>> 67Hz.
>>>>
>>>> Other than that, I've got a doorstop.
>>>>
>>>> :-(
>>>>
>>>> The only "weird" thing that leaps out at me is that both displays
>>>> try to use pipe B, and neither one seems willing to use pipe B.
>>>> Is
>>>> that normal?...
>>>>
>>>> Can anybody who actually understands this stuff look at a .conf
>>>> and
>>>> .log and give me some idea what to try next?
>>>> http://l-i-e.com/xorg/
>>>
>>> You should write xorg.conf with ONE device and ONE screen. You can
>>> refer to http://www.intellinuxgraphics.org/dualhead.html and try
>>> both the dynamic and static setup.
>>
>> Okay.
>>
>> The dynamic setup doesn't do anything, since there's only one
>> device/screen/monitor recognized by xrandr:
>> lynch at localhost ~ $ xrandr -q
>>  SZ:    Pixels          Physical       Refresh
>> *0    800 x 600    ( 383mm x 302mm )  *75
>>  1    640 x 480    ( 383mm x 302mm )   75
>>  2    800 x 1200   ( 383mm x 302mm )   75
>> Current rotation - normal
>> Current reflection - none
>> Rotations possible - normal left inverted right
>> Reflections possible - none
>> lynch at localhost ~ $
>>
>> I had higher sizes with different settings in xorg.conf, but nothing
>> is making this other monitor show up...
>>
>> The static setup also does nothing useful so far...
>>
>> Log and conf files with intellinuxgraphics in their names here:
>> http://l-i-e.com/xorg/
>
> Try with driver "intel" instead of "i810" in xorg.conf.

Something to the effect of:
Driver not loaded; Module not available.

Am I NOT supposed to be using the git sources and compiling as listed
here:
http://www.intellinuxgraphics.org/download.html

Because that sure seemed to install the 915 driver using the i810
name, and made the boot process actually load 915 correctly...

Is there something even newer than that?

I found a download on the Intel site from 2005 that was:
Intel-3.4.3006-20051209.i386.tar.gz
Surely that's not newer than git sources?...

I've also got an i915Graphics.tar.gz from I don't even know where
which refuses to install, claiming I don't have a "current" kernel.

I realize Gentoo has some lag, but how much more current than:
Linux localhost 2.6.23-gentoo-r3 #2 SMP Tue Apr 22 08:52:18 CDT 2008
i686 Genuine Intel(R) CPU           U1400  @ 1.20GHz GenuineIntel
GNU/Linux
do I have to be?...

My head is spinning from trying all these things...

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